How UMA's Financial Aid Changes

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at University of Maine at Augusta since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,443, which is 55.44 % of all undergraduate students. 2,037 students which is 45.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,166.

Year	Grant or Scholarship^*		Pell Grants		Federal Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	2,941 (62%)	$4,688	2,682 (56%)	$3,813	2,906 (61%)	$7,627
2014-15	2,831 (61%)	$4,816	2,502 (54%)	$3,844	2,764 (59%)	$7,375
2015-16	2,694 (58%)	$5,064	2,357 (50%)	$3,823	2,536 (54%)	$7,239
2016-17	2,357 (53%)	$5,028	2,038 (46%)	$3,750	2,192 (50%)	$7,144
2017-18	2,170 (54%)	$5,558	1,812 (45%)	$3,960	1,817 (45%)	$6,857
2018-19	2,173 (53%)	$5,741	1,801 (44%)	$4,178	1,715 (42%)	$6,782
2019-20	2,189 (50%)	$5,221	1,748 (40%)	$4,119	1,618 (37%)	$7,037
2020-21	2,089 (50%)	$5,600	1,537 (37%)	$4,339	1,427 (34%)	$7,294
2021-22	2,547 (58%)	$5,920	1,498 (34%)	$3,907	1,357 (31%)	$7,141
Average	2,443 (55.44%)	$5,293	1,997 (45.11%)	$3,970	2,037 (45.89%)	$7,166

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 202 (84.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,349. It can cover 29.46% of tuition & fees ($21,548) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 128 (54.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,899).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	223 (82%)	$5,276	199 (73%)	$5,848
2014-15	214 (82%)	$5,567	181 (70%)	$6,143
2015-16	188 (79%)	$5,762	149 (63%)	$5,901
2016-17	132 (76%)	$5,555	96 (55%)	$5,974
2017-18	147 (79%)	$6,506	105 (56%)	$5,420
2018-19	199 (79%)	$6,844	126 (50%)	$5,473
2019-20	231 (89%)	$5,915	117 (45%)	$6,508
2020-21	257 (99%)	$6,994	100 (39%)	$5,675
2021-22	226 (97%)	$8,723	82 (35%)	$6,145
Average	202 (84.67%)	$6,349	128 (54.00%)	$5,899

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students.

Grants/Scholarship

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 10 years, on average, 151 (63.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,647.

In addition, 120 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (50.11 % of students).

Year	Federal (Pell) Grants		Other Federal		State/Local government		Institutional
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	203 (74%)	$4,308	22 (8%)	$360	150 (55%)	$891	72 (26%)	$2,231
2014-15	183 (70%)	$4,760	28 (11%)	$327	163 (63%)	$1,097	86 (33%)	$1,539
2015-16	164 (69%)	$4,467	27 (11%)	$229	116 (49%)	$1,473	96 (40%)	$1,810
2016-17	113 (65%)	$4,569	20 (12%)	$363	70 (40%)	$1,649	56 (32%)	$1,684
2017-18	117 (63%)	$4,674	57 (30%)	$197	86 (46%)	$1,638	104 (56%)	$2,476
2018-19	163 (65%)	$4,747	42 (17%)	$330	120 (48%)	$1,552	161 (64%)	$2,410
2019-20	154 (59%)	$4,730	188 (73%)	$366	125 (48%)	$1,138	172 (66%)	$2,482
2020-21	123 (47%)	$4,805	194 (75%)	$458	106 (41%)	$1,362	238 (92%)	$4,089
2021-22	143 (61%)	$4,761	185 (79%)	$1,610	143 (61%)	$2,160	187 (80%)	$3,658
Average	151 (63.67%)	$4,647	85 (35.11%)	$471	120 (50.11%)	$1,440	130 (54.33%)	$2,487

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students..

Student Loans

The following table describes number of students and average amount of loans by loan type. The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time.

For the last 10 years, on average, 128 (54.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $128.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	199 (73%)	$5,848	199 (73%)	$5,769	5 (2%)	$3,130
2014-15	181 (70%)	$6,143	180 (69%)	$5,956	2 (1%)	$19,875
2015-16	149 (63%)	$5,901	149 (63%)	$5,680	2 (1%)	$16,500
2016-17	96 (55%)	$5,974	95 (55%)	$5,736	3 (2%)	$9,513
2017-18	105 (56%)	$5,420	105 (56%)	$4,993	5 (3%)	$8,962
2018-19	126 (50%)	$5,473	126 (50%)	$5,239	3 (1%)	$9,833
2019-20	117 (45%)	$6,508	116 (45%)	$5,230	11 (4%)	$14,069
2020-21	100 (39%)	$5,675	99 (38%)	$5,355	4 (2%)	$9,336
2021-22	82 (35%)	$6,145	82 (35%)	$5,648	2 (1%)	$20,367
Average	128 (54.00%)	$5,899	128 (53.78%)	$5,512	4 (1.89%)	$12,398

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UMA

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time